Rice football camp report: Notes from Owls’ second scrimmage

– Left guard Andrew Reue, who is supposed to miss four weeks with a lower leg injury, is already off crutches. He wore a brace and a compression sleeve around his leg on Saturday.

– Several other players did go down during Rice’s scrimmages. All of them had to be helped off the field and at times had to share the training table, but none seemed like more than bumps and minor tweaks.

– Freshman quarterback Jackson Tyner was visible for the first time on Saturday. The Owls’ rookie QB had surgery in the offseason and was not allowed to get sweat in his stitches, which meant he spent the first three weeks of practice sitting inside the football facility. Saturday was the first day he was cleared to be outside and sweating with his teammates.

– Defensive end Brian Womac is back to full pads and playing.

– Cornerback Ryan Pollard must not take days off from being a leader. He consistently showed the rest of the defense what good coverage looked like.

– Freshman defensive tackle Zach Abercrumbia had a safety and a sack on the eighth drive of the scrimmage.

– Redshirt sophomore linebacker D.J. Green recovered a fumble.

-Freshman defensive tackle Carl Thompson recorded a sack.

– Redshirt sophomore defensive end Collin Johnson helped force a fumble and had a fumble recovery.

-Last week, the offensive line was called for four holding penalties. This week they only had one.

– Redshirt freshman Lance Wright scored a touchdown on his first reception. He finished the scrimmage with two catches for 50 yards. He would have had three catches for 91 yards, but one reception was overturned. Had it been a game with video evidence, the call of a catch likely would have stood, though. Wright believed he got both of his feet inbounds but once he hit the ground the ball popped out. The freshman continues to stand out among the receiving corps. Only tight end Cole Hunt had more than two receptions. He finished with two catches for 22 yards.

“Really I’m still kind of trying to learn,” Wright said. “I’m just reacting. I’ve played football a long time and I’m here to catch the ball. That’s pretty much it. They put me in the right spots and I’m just trying to catch it.”